Book Reviews
Practical Guidelines on Fluid Therapy:
Dr. Sanjay Pandya, First Edition: 2002, Pages
325, Price Rs. 195/- .
Practical Guidelines on Fluid Therapy by
Dr. Sanjay Pandya, is an excellent
comprehensive book on management of fluid
therapy. It is a reader friendly book with very
good quality printing, font size, line spacing
and reasonable price tag.
Basic Physiology is very well covered by
him. Disorders of fluid & electrolytes in
various conditions have been well highlighted.
Details of the Pharmacology of IV fluids,
especially the charts showing characteristics of
Clinical Evaluation of Newborn, Infants
and Children: Editor S Sushma Bai, Panicker
Publications, Kerala, India, First edition,
2002, Pp 1-294, Price: Rs. 215/-.
Books available on clinical examination of
a newborn and children written by authors
from India are few. There is also a need for
Indian reference values and norms which
are difficult to get from one source. The
present book written by Dr. Sushama Bai
who is an eminent pediatrician has made an
effort to bridge the gaps which are there at
present.
The book deals with examination of
newborn, infant and older child and is divided
into different sections, for easy reference. Part-
l deals with art of history taking, examination,
INDIAN PEDIATRICS
IV fluids, methods of calculating the rate of
fluid infusion provide good guidelines for
practical management.
It is an adult oriented book with lesser
emphasis on pediatrics aspects. Approach to
diagnosis and management of Acid-Base
disorders is very well covered. It is strongly
recommended for Physicians, Pediatricians,
Surgeons and medical students.
Satish B. Deopujari,
Consultant Pediatrician & Intensivist,
Shree Nursing Home,
15/3 Dr. N. B. Khare Road, Dhantoli,
Nagpur 440010, India.
assessment of growth and development. Part-
2 focuses on examination of newborn and part-
3 focuses on systemic examination and
communica-tion skills. In fact chapter on
“How to Communicate” is just appropriate and
nicely written and aims at improving the
communication of the pediatrician. The various
reference values, indices with their inter-
pretation have been lucidly explained.
This publication has a practical common-
sense approach and I am sure will be a valuable
reading for undergraduates, postgraduates and
physicians practicing pediatrics.
Harish Chellani,
Senior Pediatrician ,
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College,
Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
E-mail: manjuc@vsnl.com
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